Faculty
Full-Time • Emeriti • Affiliate • Adjunct • GTAs • Support Staff
Director of the School,
Multimedia Production Coordinator,
Associate Professor,
MFA, Concordia
eason@fau.edu
Alejandra Abad
Assistant Professor
MFA, University of Colorado
aabad1@fau.edu
Samuel Lopez De Victoria
Visiting Instructor
MFA, University of Florida
slopezdevictoria@fau.edu
Ivy AsheÌý
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
iashe@fau.edu
Marquese McFerguson
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of South Florida
mmcferguson@fau.edu
Jane Stuart Baker
Instructor
Ph.D., Texas A&M UniversityÌý
janebaker@fau.eduÌý Ìý
Beatriz Nieto-FernandezÌý
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of South Florida
bnietofernandez@fau.edu
Professor
Ph.D., University of Iowa
jbargste@fau.edu
General Manager, Wavelengths Webcast
University Instructor, Ph.D., 51³Ô¹ÏÍø
kpetrich@fau.edu
Laura Benitez
Instructor
MFA, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø
laurabenitez2016@fau.edu
Deandre Poole
University Instructor
Ph.D., Howard University
dpoole3@fau.edu
Laura Bruns
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Wayne State University
brunsl@fau.edu
Cynthia Carrico
Director of the Speaking Center, Instructor
MA, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø
ccarrico2013@fau.edu
Jaime Robb
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Marquette UniversityÌý
jrobb2@fau.edu
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
scharbo1@fau.edu
Chris Robé
Professor
Ph.D., Lehigh University
crobe@fau.edu
Daniel DeVinney
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
ddevinney@fau.edu
Neil Santaniello
Faculty Advisor to the University Press, University Instructor, M.S.J., Northwestern University, Associate Director of the SchoolÌý
nsantane@fau.edu
Associate Professor
Ph.D., The Ohio State University
uwechue@fau.edu
Gerald Sim
Professor, Graduate Programs Director
Ph.D., University of Iowa
gsim@fau.edu
Matthew Ari Elfenbein
Instructor, Ph.D., 51³Ô¹ÏÍø
melfenbe@fau.edu
Ruth von Spalding
Instructor,
MFA, California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), MFA, University of Applied Sciences, Dortmund, Germany
rspaldin@fau.edu
Carolina Estrada-Gutsche
Instructor
MA, Lancaster University, UK
cestrada2012@fau.edu
Veronica Stewart,
Visiting Instructor, Ph.D., 51³Ô¹ÏÍø
vstewart@fau.edu
Danyelle Greene
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Kansas
greened@fau.edu
William Trapani
Associate Professor, Faculty Senate President
Ph.D., University of Iowa
wtrapan1@fau.edu
Robert E. (Ted) Gutsche, Jr.
Professor,
Ph.D., University of Iowa
gutsche@fau.ed
Aaron Veenstra
Associate Professor (on sabbatical 2026-2027)
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
aveenstra@fau.edu
Rachel S. Harris
Elaine and Herbert Gimelstob Eminent Scholar & Chair in Judaic Studies, Professor
Ph.D., University of Oxford
harrisr@fau.edu
Laura L. Winn
Senior Instructor
Ph.D., University of Georgia-Athens
lwinn@fau.edu
Professor (on sabbatical 2026-2027)
Ph.D., Free University of Berlin
mhofmann@fau.edu
Scott Wolfson
Instructor
MA, Purdue University
wolfsons@fau.edu
Kaitlin GravesÌýVisiting InstructorÌý
MA, Communication Studies, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø
kgraves2@fau.edu
Khairul Islam
Assistant ProfessorÌý
Ph.D., Wayne State University
islamk@fau.edu
Mya GuarnieriÌýInstructorÌý
MFA, Columbia University
mjaradat@fau.edu